Fuse cap



Nov. 3, 1925' L l Y T.VKERRlsAN l original Filed July 15. 1922 Vf;, .`that'fit is the objectfof thisl provide Ya simple means wherebya `cap may Y `be held on a fuse .ina device ofthe class de- .Y scribed.

'Patented Nov. v` 3?, i925.

am e@ 1 P AT E N T j orsi CE if Y l THOMAS,`I;IIERRIGA1\T,A on MAHANOY PLANE, PENNSYLVANIA.

; FUSE GAP.

, Application filed July 15, 1922, Serial No. 575,409.. Renewed August 14, 1925.

` I' vT0 all whom t may concern.'

- it known that I, THOMAS KERRIGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at i Mahanoy'Plane, in the countyof Schuylkillv and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedV a fi new and useful `Fuse Cap, o-f which the following-is a specificatio l v By wayof explanation, it may be stated 'y @that fuses, used by miners and. others, are

*10* inserted into 'a cap'.y vThe fuse frequently blows out of the cap, andthe present pracvtice is to bite and indent the cap so that ythev i .l'same will'retain a hold upon the fuse.` The foregoing being understood, it may beV stated invention to It isV within the province ofthe disclosure 720to 'improve generally Yand to lenhancepthe utility Aof ,devices of that type to which the invention appertains.A f t y With the above and votherV objects in view, y ffmwhich will appear vas the description .pro- @J ceeds, the invention` resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the y'detailsfof construction hereinafter'described and claimed, it beingunderstood that, -with- Y lin the scopelof what isfclaimed, changes in ,30 v the precise embodiment v of the invention vshown can be made without departing from- Y thespirit'of the'invention. -f

l In the accompanying drawings r Figure l shows in elevation, a device con- V*structed inl accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section; Figure 3 [is 'la longitudinal section, looking toward4 the 1 holding tongue, lparts Vbeing brokenV away; and Figure 4 is atransverse section.

y 4&0 "The numeral l marks acap of the kind ture.

to which a fuse is vadapted to be inserted,"

'comprisinga tubular body 2.v Openings 5.A are formed in the body 2.l ,The openingsjV may be jV-shaped and may be disposed; opposite ,to each other, if desired. "A.' l415m portionv of the material Aset free in Ithe formation of each opening .5. constitutes a pointed tongue 6, which is inward-L ly inclined. The material along the other,

' two,- edges ofthe opening vmay be'bentfin- 50' wardly to form flanges 7 which converge ytoward each other.

When the fuse, is inserted into the cap l, the ltongue 6 will vpref n vent the accidental withdrawal ofi-the fuse,

and the .converging fiangesv'laid :the tongue 55S A,

6 materially in holding the fuse 'inthe cap.

I claim rvl. Ina deviceof the class described, a cap` lprovided with an opening, a portion of the materialfreed in the formation of theopening lbeing 'extendedfinwardly to constitute a e holding tongue disposed along one edge of the opening, the material freed inthe Afor-V mation of the Vopening being-extendedinwardly t0 form flanges `located along other; l5`

edges .of the opening.y Y Y Y 2. In a device of the class described, acap providedV with oppositely disposed openings, y a portion of the material freed in the for-k vmation of vthe openings beingextended .in- 1770 wardly to constitute holding tongues *dis-'f r' posed along one edge of each opening, the materialfreed in the formation of the openingl being extended inwardlyto form flanges located along the remaining edges of the V, opening and converging toward each other.`

e In testimony that I claim the foregoing asemy own, I have hereto aiiiXed my. signa'- THoMAs e Kniuuefnn. 

